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A laptop for every poor child
Insight Confidence molded from privileged beginnings helps Nicholas Negroponte sustain One Laptop per Child initiative and transform to date, learning for 900,000 children.
Tags: Notebooks and tablets, Development/design, Government, Leadership, Intel Corp., Craig Barrett, Bill Gates, India, One Laptop Per Child Project, Singapore
Bill Gates offers the world a physics lesson
Insight newsmaker In an interview, the Microsoft chairman talks about why he spent his own money to make a series of classic physics lectures available free on the Web, and shares on Project Natal, Google's Chrome OS and more.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Business applications, Consumer Technology, Battery, Bill Gates, Science, Video, biology, teacher, CNET Networks Inc.
Microsoft OneCare was 'good enough'
Insight newsmaker Eugene Kaspersky, co-founder and CEO of Kaspersky Lab, explains why the security vendor has much to thank Redmond for.
Tags: PC security, Network security, Security implementation/standards, Antivirus software, Kaspersky Lab, Security, Interpol, Bill Gates, Microsoft Corp., antivirus
Windows 7 to come in 'Steve Ballmer' edition
News The "signature edition" of Windows 7 Ultimate is going to those hosting house parties. It bears a resemblance to the Bill Gates version of Vista.
Tags: Steve Ballmer, Bill Gates, Microsoft Corp., John Hancock Financial Services Inc., Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate, CompUSA Inc., Amazon.com Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows
What landlords can learn from techies
Blogs Now and then, I get this urge to make the world a better place. Then there are these quirky ideas that come along. T...
Bill Gates' fix for India's ills: Technology
News Microsoft chairman says technology--from an electronic network for urban workers to a national ID card project--can help India overcome its challenges.
Tags: Software, Digital media, Bill Gates, India, Cell Phone, Government, Indian Institute of Technology, Software, Digital media, phone
OLPC to laptop makers: Use our design
News Founder Nicholas Negroponte says the OLPC will open source its hardware design and invite others to copy it, according to a report from the TED conference.
Tags: Notebooks and tablets, Processors, Open source, Bill Gates, Conference, PC Company, One Laptop Per Child Project, One Laptop Per Child Initiative, Laptop Computer, blogging
Ray Ozzie sees cloud over Valley
News Microsoft's chief software architect discusses the impact cloud computing will have on the tech industry and Silicon Valley during a talk in Palo Alto, Calif.
Tags: Business applications, Microsoft Windows, Web sites, Leadership, ARM, Ray Ozzie, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Bill Gates, Google Inc., Web Browser
Microsoft taps Seinfeld for ad campaign
News According to The Wall Street Journal, comedian Jerry Seinfeld will appear with Bill Gates in part of a US$300 million marketing project stressing connections and ideas.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Windows Vista, Advertising, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Bill Gates, Microsoft Windows Vista, Advertisement, chairman, Microsoft Windows
Gates: Every surface to be a computer
News At CEO Summit, Microsoft chairman says new user interfaces, particularly touch, will change the "individual's office, the home, the living room".
Tags: Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Hardware, Microsoft Corp., Bill Gates, Microsoft TouchWall, Midas Inc., Computer, Microsoft PowerPoint, laser
Gates takes US financial crisis in stride
News Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates expresses confidence in a bright long-term future for the U.S. economy as a guest on NBC Nightly News.
Tags: Leadership, Financial, Economy, Bill Gates, software, chairman, NBC, Goldman Sachs & Co., U.S., blog
Gates: Microsoft betting on e-commerce search
News Software maker says it will continue to broadly compete in search, but says it is putting a "deep focus on commerce".
Tags: E-commerce, Search, Investments, E-business, Microsoft Corp., Bill Gates, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Advertisement, Redmond
Microsoft begins big ad push
News Microsoft's multi-year push, estimated at US$300 million, begins with a spot featuring Bill Gates and Jerry Seinfeld aired during Thursday's NFL game.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Advertising, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Bill Gates, Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Macintosh, Advertisement, YouTube Inc., NBC
Gates looks back on 30 years at Microsoft
Insight Preparing to step down as Microsoft chairman, Bill Gates discusses how Microsoft grew to its present stature and the challenges that lie ahead.
Tags: Business applications, Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp., Bill Gates, Microsoft Windows 7, software, interactive TV, co-founder, DOS
Microsoft names new PR chief
News The company has hired Simon Sproule, former top communications executive at Nissan Motor, to fill its vacant corporate communications VP post.
Tags: Recruiting, Public relations, Leadership, Microsoft Corp., Communication, Bill Gates, Nissan Motor Co. Ltd., Land Rover, Ford Motor Co., VP
